Where does “incniht” come from?

incniht (Old English) comes from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

incniht (Old English): a servant in the home; domestic servant

Definitions

  1. a servant in the home; domestic servant

Ancestry of “incniht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishin-in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the...
2Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
3Proto-West Germanic*in—
4Proto-Germanicinin; into
5Proto-Indo-Europeanénin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →